Jon Maravilla said he was not able to board a Delta Airlines flight from Wichita to Atlanta because of the size of his dog

Six members of a figure skating club from Massachusetts, including two teenagers, are among those who died aboard the doomed American Airlines flight that crashed into an Army Black Hawk helicopter in Washington,

Throughout aviation history, plane crashes associated with Wichita have been rare. In fact, Wednesday’s crash of a American Airlines Flight 5342 is the only major fatality accident involving a commercial airliner coming or going from Wichita.

There were 14 members of the figure skating community reportedly aboard the plane that collided mid-air with a military helicopter.

The two cities involved in the crash of American Airlines Flight 5342 will be 'forever' linked, according to Wichita, Kan. Mayor Lily Wu.

WASHINGTON — More than a dozen bodies have been pulled from the Potomac River after a plane collided with a military helicopter in midair and crashed into the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) on Wednesday night.

Skater Jon Maravilla told The Daily Beast on Thursday that he was going to Atlanta, not D.C., but couldn't board because of his dog.

In an emotional news conference, the mayor of Wichita, Kansas said her city is grieving the "tragic" plane collision between a passenger jet and an Army helicopter outside of Washington, DC Wednesday night.

WASHINGTON — Officials said that all on board the American Airlines flight from Wichita, Kansas, and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter from Fort Belvoir army base were killed when the helicopter collided.

A passenger jet carrying around 60 in a direct flight from Wichita collided with a Black Hawk military helicopter near the Potomac River.

Jon Maravilla said he was not able to board a Delta Airlines flight from Wichita to Atlanta because of the size of his dog

A multi-agency search and rescue operation is underway in the Potomac River after a small American Airlines aircraft collided with an Army helicopter near Reagan National Airport, authorities confirmed.